Create Keywords at highest hierarchical level in Lightroom 5

Question

I cannot seem to create a new keyword in LR5 at the highest hierarchical level.  When I try to create a new keyword, either with an image selected or not, it puts that new keyword in as a (third-level) sublevel keyword within a keyword that I have created in the past.  I can move the newly created (sublevel) keyword to be a sublevel keyword within another previously created highest level keyword.  But I cannot create a new highest level keyword. 
This does not seem to make sense to me.  Can anyone help?

Answer 1

Right-click on any keyword and you'll see some options, one of which is "Put New Keywords Inside this Keyword", which if selected means that any new keywords get listed under that keyword's hierarchy, rather than at the top level. Once this option is selected, the "target" keyword is denoted by a small dot after its name, see the attached screenshot. If that's what's happened, simple right-click again on that target keyword and uncheck that option.